Mothika Group
Team Leader
Dr. Suresh Mothika
Assistant Professor
Lab 101H, Old Core Extension
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Kalyanpur 208016, Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: smothika@iitk.ac.in Tel: 0512-259-2335
Experience
Assistant Professor:
Sep 2022: Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, UP, India
Postdoctoral:
2020: Royal Society Newton International Fellow, University of York, United Kingdom
2019: PBC Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2016: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Education:
Ph.D. (2016): CSIR-JRF Fellow, JNCASR Bangalore, India
Thesis PI: Prof. Tapas K. Maji
"Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (nMOFs), conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), hybrid hydrogels, light-harvesting, photocatalysis, sensors"
M.Sc. (2009): National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India
Thesis PI: Prof. R. Karvembu; Organometallic complexes
B.Sc. (2007): Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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The Team
Saurabh Kumar Rajput
PhD Student
Joined Jan 2023
From Uttar Pradesh
MSc Chemistry: BR Ambedkar University, Agra
BSc: BR Ambedkar University, Agra
Research Field: Porous organic materials/Open-shell materials
Joined July 2023
From West Bengal
MSc Chemistry, VNIT, Nagpur
BSc: Calcutta University
Research Field: Porous organic materials
Nilojyoti Sahoo
PhD Student
Monika Yadav
PhD student
Joined July 2024
From Jhajjar, Haryana
MSc: IIT Jodhpur
BSc: Delhi University
Research Field: Open-shell materials
Dr. Atul Kapoor
Postdoctoral
Joined April 2024
From Punjab
PhD: NIT Jalandhar
MSc: Guru Nanak Dev Uni, Amritsar
Research Filed: Chemical sensors & Photocatalysis
Laraib Akhtar
PhD Student
Joined Jan 2025
From Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
MSc: MNIT Jaipur
BSc: Aligarh Muslim University
Research Field: Photocatalysis
Alumni
Summer Interns & Project students
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Sumit Kumar Gupta, NIT Silchar, SURGE fellow, 2025
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Praha Tejas Rao, IISER Bhopal, Summer Intern, 2025
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Nikhil, IIT Gandhinagar, Project assistant, 2024
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Vishal Mishra, IIT Kanpur, BS UG Project fellow, 2024
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Misha Kumari, IIT Gandhinagar, SURGE fellow, 2024
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Raghav Aanand, NIT Rourkela, SURGE fellow, 2024
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Aparna Tiwari, CSJM Uni, Kanpur, Intern and MSc thesis project fellow, 2023-24.